The Barber
Shohin
Since I was sprouting some acorns, I guess I'm in as well.
The Barber's Acorn to Oak thread
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The Barber
Shohin
Haha, ill move them outside into the ground in the spring, already spread the one in the first photos roots over a disk, and stuck it in a pot with just enough room between the disk and pot for it to root around it....getting to work on that nebari early. All of my acorns have sprouted...don't even know what species they are, just picked up random acorns in the woods.You got an early start before the spring. Cheating
The Barber
Shohin
All of mine are going to be planted over these.
The Barber
Shohin
I sprouted half in perlite in a humid container. The other half were sprouted in a 2-1 akadama, lava rock mix in a humidity tray without a cover. Both worked just as well it seems. I have been transplanting them into a 1-1-1 kanuma, pumice, lava rock mix. The seedlings I have transplanted have grown at a noticeable speed in the short time they've been in there, hopefully they keep it up.
2 days of growth, after moving it to a bigger pot. Indoors under cheap grow lights. Nov 20th, and today Nov 22nd.
2 days of growth, after moving it to a bigger pot. Indoors under cheap grow lights. Nov 20th, and today Nov 22nd.
The Barber
Shohin
Moved another to a larger grow out pot for now...was curious why it had broken ground and basically stalled out...it was busy pushing out a carrot of a tap root. All of the others had 6 or so roots of similar size, this one...not so much, I'd say it was pencil diameter at the top of the tap root
Gabler
Masterpiece
This one has a halfway decent start to its nebari. I would try cutting it just below the point where several roots flare out at the same level, leaving those finer roots intact. At this point, the tree still has some reserves of nutrients from its cotyledons in the acorn, and it might be good to divert the seedling's energy to the side roots at this early stage. It might also be a bad idea—I've never tried anything similar—but that's the reason to start with a large number of acorns.
Will the area between the acorn and your arrow become stem in this scenario?
The Barber
Shohin
That's what I did already, I agree, only I left maybe an inch more tap root.
By the time it grows out that inch or so of stem won't make any difference.
The Barber
Shohin
This guy is full throttle under these led's. Leaves are starting to open as well. Not sure why it put the energy into the 2 side branches and the original apex stalled out.
The Barber
Shohin
Pretty sure it is a swamp white oak, hairy leaves. It is still like a champ. My dog decided to go dig the one with the fat tap root up and pretty sure it isn't gonna make it, but who knows.
The Barber
Shohin
This guy us still happy and growing under the LED's
The Barber
Shohin
Snowy day here...supposed to dip into the single digits...yuck.
What's going on with the right tree in this picture?
The Barber
Shohin
The stump of a bougainvillea? Just recovering from shipping bare rooted a month or so ago, just started getting new leaves after it dropped most of them during shipping.
Ok cool. On the phone it looked like a sapling growing out of a bag
The Barber
Shohin
Started pushing growth again, it'll be going in the ground once there is no chance of frost.
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